Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Fling out the banner let it float
Topic: Christ/Cross
Writer: G Doane
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: LM
Tune: Ware
Hymn Number: 204
Page Number: 080, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFLING out the banner! let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
The sun, that lights its shining folds;
The cross, on which the Saviour died.
Fling out the banner! angels bend,
In anxious silence, o'er the sign;
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the love divine.
Fling out the banner! let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
Our glory, only in the cross:
Our only hope, the Crucified.
Fling out the banner! wide and high,
Seaward and skyward, let it shine;
Nor skill, nor might, nor merit, ours:
We conquer only in that sign.